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A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.

blowback en 30 secondes

  • (noun) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
  • (noun) An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action.
  • (noun) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
  2. 2
    noun An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action.
  3. 3
    noun The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
  4. 4
    noun On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower; see Blowback (steam engine).

Synonymes

fallout
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